Published January 2008
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Journal article
Relativistic energy of a moving spherical capacitor
Creators
- 1. Instituto de Fisica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68528, RJ 21941-972 (Brazil)
Description
We discuss the relativistic transformation of the energy of a charged spherical capacitor. The energy stored in the electromagnetic fields observed by an uniformly moving frame is related to that of the rest frame by a factor different from γ. Considering the energy and the stresses in the capacitor shells, we show that the total energy of the system satisfies the expected relativistic transformation
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1088/0143-0807/29/1/008;
- PII
- S0143-0807(08)56920-5;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- European Journal of Physics
- Journal Volume
- 29
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 85-89
- ISSN
- 0143-0807
- CODEN
- EJPHD4
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 39028786
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CAPACITORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; RELATIVISTIC RANGE; SPHERICAL CONFIGURATION; TRANSFORMATIONS
- Descriptors DEC
- CONFIGURATION; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ENERGY RANGE; EQUIPMENT